Guard



E. F. WARD Dec. 14 1926.

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' Application filed November 24-, 1922; Serial nojeeaoery i This invention relates 'to' mowing} machines, binders, and the like, and has partic: ular application to the guards: for thejcut- Zting blades.

structing these guards in pairswith a yiew to materially vstrengthening the guards singlyl'and collectively, and also minimizing the possibility of the guards being twistedor loosened fromtheir connections with the finger bar, thereby holding the guards in proper'position with relation to the cutting blades and assuring proper, and efiicientoperation of the blades. f d "The nature and advantagesof the invention will be better understood when the V following detailed description is j r eadflin c'onnectionwith the, accompanying drawings,

theinvention residing in, the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed. In'the drawings forming part of thisfap plication, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in theseveral views, and

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Figure '1 is a fragmentary top plan view of the mower showing'the construction" and arrangement ofthe'guards' f f c Figure 2 is a deta'ilview of one pair of guards partly'in section.

Figure 3 is a side elevation tion. 7

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Referring to the drawings'in detail, 1Q iii-f;

dicates a lingerv bar to which-is securedthe ing loosened .at their connectionwith jthe finger bar resulting 1nv the guards moving slightly to one side of the bla'des, and cans ing the grass to hang in the} guards and'to .be subsequently pulled up instead of being cut by the blades, until the machine is choked or the team stalled, I contemplate the construction of the guards 11 in pairs, The'con- 4:5

'Vention is clearly illustrated in Figure 2, wherein the guards of said palrare of the usual configuration except that these guards arev connected together by parallel'members The present invention contemplates con-f within the scope of what is claimed.

guards 11 for the cutting blades'12. With a view of preventing these guards rrombestruction in accordance with the present in;

12 13 respec' tive'ly. The member 12" connects the heads 14 ofthe...guar'ds,"while I l the member 13 connects the guards adjacent the corresponding ends of theslot's 15 there of. The member 1 2v extends entirely across i the guards 11 and ha its ends projecting-laterally beyond 'the same; This :member 12 define's-a longitudinal shoulder 'which abuts the adj acen't longitudinal' edge ofthe finger bar, By the association of the guards in pairsin the manner described, each guard is afforded: the strength of two' guards, this knives, but are always maintained in fixed relation thereto, assuring 'efiiciency in the operation, and durability of the} apparatus. While it is believedthat from the foregoing description, the nature .and advantages of the invention will be'readily apparent, I'desire to. have it understood that. I do not limit;;myself to what is herein shown and described andthat such changes may be resorted to when desired as; fall -Having thus described "the invention, I claim-" ing a pair of guard fingers having slots-for A guard :fingerunit for sickles compris the passage of a cutter blade, a bar connect- ,ing the fingers adjacent therslots and eX- (tending beyond the" sides thereofijineans to secure the inner end of'each finger to the finger bar of-a sickle, bar connecting the fingers ad acent the securing means and adapted to-engage the unclerface of the fin-' ger bar and. a rib extending across each guard finger to abut the edge of the finger bar..v 1 i i In testimony whereof I afliX mysignature- ,ELBERT FJWARD- 

